Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Too Funny: China's Climate Conference Demands

From PhysOrg:China lays out conditions for legally binding climate deal

Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
of China and head of Chinese delegation Xie Zhenhua speaks during the
opening of the China's stand in Durban at the UN Climate Change
Conference. China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua on Sunday laid
out conditions under which Beijing would accept a legally-binding
climate deal that would go into force after 2020.

The conditions included a renewal of carbon-cutting pledges by rich nations under the Kyoto Protocol, along with hundreds of billions of dollars in short- and long-term climatefinancing for poorer countries.

"The problem now is that we have to see whether we have
conscientiously implemented the legal documents we already have
agreement on. This is a very important issue for us," he said through an
official Chinese translator.

The 194-nation talks, which wrap up Friday, are abuzz with speculation on the prospect of a "Durban accord"....MORE

...So-called “fast start” climate financing for poorer countries of $30
billion for the period of 2010 to 2012 must also be delivered, Xie said.

Likewise a Green Climate Fund that would ramp up to $100 billion per year by 2020.

These include initiatives for technology transfer, adaptation --
helping vulnerable nations cope with impacts -- and new rules for
verifying that carbon-cutting promises are kept.

Finally, China insists that a review of climate science begin as
planned in 2013, and that established principles in which historical
responsibility for creating the problem of climate change, and the
respective capacity of countries to fight it, are respected...

Yeah, we'll get right on it.
This technique is negotiation with the intent to fail.
See you next year in Qatar for the next confab.